unzip
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Scientists have long suggested tectonic plates could unzip like this.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 9, 2024
But when Arabidopsis seedlings sense they're under attack, special enzymes called RNA helicases are produced that unzip the hairpins so the ribosomes can pass through and continue scanning along the mRNA molecule.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2023
Truly, it was criminal how my mother’s purse strings would not unzip.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
The foam can also be recycled because it has bonds that can unzip the chemical network after it has formed.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2023
I unzip the largest pocket of my backpack and stow Hannah’s shoebox inside it.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
She unzips a cloth pouch of ground tobacco leaf mixed with sage and cedar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2023
Replication in prokaryotes starts from a sequence of nucleotides on the chromosome called the origin of replication—the point at which the DNA opens up or unzips.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
"It is like he just unzips his head and let's everything fall on the table. That is no way to run an economy," thundered Mr Morrison.
From BBC ● May 19, 2022
He takes the two proffered meals, kneels, unzips his bag and carefully places them inside.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2021
Kaede unzips the backpack and sorts through the contents.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
Stone wore a sequined gold jumpsuit, unzipped to the bottom of his chest, with a matching shiny cape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
He unzipped the bottom of his blue jeans to display the prosthetic limb on his leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025
Determined to finish slurry-spreading on the family's Donemana farm, he was checking how the tank was filling when his unzipped coat was caught in fast-moving machinery.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
"It's impressive how the laser-cut hBN regions launch phonon polaritons even more efficiently than the edge, suggesting an ultra-narrow unzipped hBN region that strongly interacts with infrared light," said Moore.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
She unzipped it and took it off, looking around at the various stages of costumed finery.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
The actress and crew are seen unzipping the black bags and pulling out dozens of bras, which are then tied together and thrown over parts of the structure.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
Huntington Beach junior lifeguards volunteered at the event, according to a news release from the center, unzipping the cages on the beach to allow the birds to waddle out to shore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025
"It would have been this slow, ongoing tear, almost like the crust unzipping itself," Anderson said.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
One of them, Macon Ponder, testified Wednesday that, after unzipping it, he found a body in a fetal position, partially wrapped in blankets.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
Toby had mostly ironed out the last of his nerves when a slender shadow appeared across the top of the bag he was unzipping.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
